Devan Nielsen Fitness

I keep getting asked for some workouts for when you’re short on time, so here is the first in a series to deliver on that request. Each article in this series I’ll be focusing on a body part to help you achieve your ideal physique whether it be that of a god, a superhero, a mere mortal. I’m starting with …

Messing around with some mug cake recipes, I wanted to add some protein, as well as some caramel extract and see what I could come up with. If you’re ever at the grocery store, check out all the different awesome extracts they have to add some flavor to most any dessert. Check out the recipe below, as well as the …

“The difference between who you are now and who you are five years from now, comes down to the people you meet and the books you read.” – Anonymous Favorite Podcasts Barbell Business Barbell Shrugged Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History The Jay Ferruggia Show The FitCast The Joe Rogan Experience The School of Greatness The Tim Ferriss Show There are a …

Lean Habits Lately I’ve been reading more and more about habit and behavior change. Luckily for me I received this book by Georgie Fear that’s all about Lean Habits. Clocking in at just over 100 pages keeping the book lean, but with plenty of useful information. Even some science here and there. It’s an easy read, and something that you …

This is the first in a series of recovery tools. I strongly believe that recovery is more than half the battle of training hard for anything. This could range from weightlifting, to the chess championship. You need to rest your mind, and your body. Life is full of stressors, and we need to do what we can to mitigate that …

This recipe has underwent many versions from myself, and so far I think this is the tastiest. In the video you noticed that I could have used a little bit more peanut butter or honey, last time i made this I left out the flax seed and it was just perfect, so if you don’t like flaxseed leave that out, …

We all have constant struggles in our lives, and every one of us is our own worst enemy when we could just as easily turn it around and be our best ally. It all starts and ends in your own mind. Something I and probably you struggle with is over thinking, bouncing the same idea off of walls repeatedly in …

Rest days. You might love them or you might hate them, either way they should be an intricate part of your training. Unless you participate in a low impact sport like chess, deciding against having rest days as part of your training program is asking for an injury. Rest days allow your body time to recuperate. When we workout we …